Part 18 – Ivatt Boiler Classifications

The Maurice Boddy Collection

Boiler Types were introduced around 1900. The columns below show two early Ivatt types, later Gresley GNR Diagram number (where known), LNER Diagram number (where appropriate). This list is sorted in order of Column 2. The information in the first two columns is based on notes made by Roy Burton, senior draughtsman in Doncaster Locomotive Drawing Office until 1959.

Early Ivatt type Later Ivatt type Gresley Dgm. LNER Dgm. Ivatt Engine Classes
A3 A1     A1
A1 A2     A2
A2 A3     A3
B1 B1     B1
B2 B2     B2
B3 B3     B3, B4
B4 B4     A4, A5
C5 C5     B6
D1 D1 4 11 B7, C2, D2, E1, E4, F3, G4, J5, J8, J16
C6 D3     B5, E2, E3
D3 D4     F2
D4 D6     J6
D5 D7     J7
D6 D8 4a   G3
D8 D9 4a   J17
D9 D10     J9
D10 D11     J10
E1 E1 6 7 D1
F1 F1 2 4 C1, K1
F2 F2 2 4 C1 No. 271
J1 H1     F1
L1 J1     F6
K1 J2     F4
O1 J3     G2
M1 K1     F5
P1 K2     J1, J2, J3
N1 L1     F7,G5
Q1 M1     J4
R1 N1     J11, J12 *
S1 O1 10 9 J13
T1 P1     J14
U1 Q1     J15
V1 Q2     J18
W1 R1     J19, J20
X1 S1     H1

* GREAT NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY (Norman Groves) notes that in the January 1902 Boiler Classifications, Classes J11 and J12 were in Boiler S1. There were thus more changes in the classification than suggested in the table above.